Cylindrical tankard
Lisbon, Portugal
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
About Hegira 982 / AD 1575
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Ceramic made from siliceous clay, painted onto engobe (slip) beneath a transparent glaze.
Height 2.5 cm, diameter 11.3 cm
Ottoman
Iznik, Turkey.
A cylindrical tankard with an angular handle, decorated with stems of tulips, hyacinths and other flowers in light blue, green and red on a white background. The vertical stems are gently curved. The edges of the rim and base are bordered with wave patterns. The model of this tankard, taking its inspiration from the art of metalwork of the Balkans, became widespread in Ottoman Turkey in the second half of the AH 10th / AD16th century. This piece may also have been used as a flower vase.
View Short DescriptionTankard inspired by the Balkan metalware popularised in Ottoman Turkey in the second half of the AH 10th / AD 16th century. This piece is decorated with bunches of tulips, hyacinths and other flowers in light blue, green and red on a white background.
By stylistic analysis. The broadening of the range of colours with the introduction of red, Armenian bole, indicates production in the second half of the 10th / 16th century.
From the Jeuniette collection, it was purchased through M. Stora & Co. on 10 April 1919.
By expert examination, stylistic and comparative analysis and exhibition catalogues written by international specialists, mentioned in the bibliography.
Un Jardín Encantado: Arte Islámico en la Colección Calouste Gulbenkian, exhibition catalogue, Madrid, 2001.
Only the Best: Masterpieces of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1999.
Ribeiro, M. Q., Louças Iznik / Iznik Pottery, Lisbon, 1996.
Roxburgh, D. (ed.), Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600–1600, London, 2005.
Maria Queiroz Ribeiro "Cylindrical tankard" in Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pt;Mus01_A;19;en
MWNF Working Number: PT 24
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